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Horse racing’s strike over tax
Daily Express
|August 18, 2025
BRITAIN’S horse racing industry is going on strike in protest over plans for a betting tax hike in this autumn’s Budget.
Four meetings in September will be scrapped amid fears the proposed change will badly hit horse racing funding.
Events binned include races at Carlisle, Uttoxeter in Staffordshire and Kempton and Lingfield Park in Surrey, and could cost the industry up to £700,000 in lost revenue.
The British Horseracing Authority is leading the charge against plans to raise taxes on race betting from 15% to 21%, bringing it in line with other forms of online gambling.
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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